Cash-carrier apparatus



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CASH CARRIER APPARATUS. No. 416,870. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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CASH-CARRIER APPARATUS.

SPECIFIECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,870, dated December 10, 18 89;

Application filed June 24, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, ROBERT W. SOPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash -Oarrier Apparatus; and I declare the following to beta I full, clear, and exact description of the invenand Fig. 7 is a side elevation, partly in sec- 1 tion, of a modification of the projecting device. l a

It is the purpose of my invent-ion to pro- (lube a cash or parcel carrier apparatus in which-the car is propelled by a chain, which is housed in an upright slotted tube actuated by a depending strap and returned to its initial position by a spring atthe top of the tube, the construction being such that the lower end of the chain is deflectedinto a horizontal direction,sothat as the chain is forced downward by the strap it will be projected horizontally against the car, and so impart a thrust to it which will cause it to traverse the line to its distant end; also, inconnection with the foregoing, I place a roller in the angle where said chain flexes adapted to relieve the friction and soassist the spring to return the chain to its initial position, and I also place a wearing-plate opposite said roller.

In carrying out my invention, A represents the track. B are the depending parts by which it is supported.

0 is a brace rod or wire.

D is the car which carries the cash or parcel holder E.

F is the upright, and F the horizontal portion, of the tube which contains the propellingchain. The horizontal portion is open along its upper side at f, and the upright portion is open along its back at f. p

F is an angle-fitting, into which the ends a Serial No. 315,329. (N10 model.)

of the sections F F ofv the pipe are seated. This fitting is preferably provided on the plate or bearing f to receive and sustain the 5 5. wearof the chain when it is being forced down by the strap and in its upper side, in

friction roller f designed to relieve the ensue by the dragging of the chain atthis point as it is being returned to its initial .po-

sition. V

G is the propelling'chain, constituting a flexible shaft composed of links g, preferably curved, as shown, so as more easily to flex around the roller f At its lower end an ear or push-piece G projects upthroughftheslot f to engage and push the car. I

H is the actuatin -strap, and H a handle.

j An engaging device H engages the strap with the chain or its guide G and travels upand down in the open slot f. A

I- is a stop, preferably adjustable, for arresting the downward pull of the chain; and J is a spring for retracting or returning the chain to its initial position.

K represents aset of spring-jaws, which engage with the end-of the car, which is preferably recessed a hold with a strong frictional hearing. The

purpose is tn fold-they serve to cushion and grip the car when it arrives, andalso to hold it untilth'e operator has exerted a con-j is let loose. This insures that as the jaws do let loose, the gathered energy, when thus V released, will result in an impulse sufficient to impel the car to its dist-antstation. For a short track these spring-jaws maybe given a 0 lighter tension, and for a long line they may be given astrong'tension. The car may also have the usual cushion d at its end, and this may come to a bearing against the ear or push-piece G at the end of the chain. The 5 provision of the wearing-plate f and roller or pulley f reduces the Wear to a minimum, and renders the return of the chain very easy. They also co-operate to make the whole device operate smoothly and quietly.

To take out the chain it is only necessary to remove the plug or cap f detach the chain lower side of its interior-with asteel wearing 3 the" angle between the two pipes, is an antir spring of the friction; that would otherwise 60 1 to enable the jaws to So siderable pull on the strapor 'cord beforeit from its fastening to the strap, and it may be drawn out at f". By removing the plug J the spring 'J may be removed; The chaintube is engaged with the post by clamps b, which also serve to strengthen and stiifen the tube, and a cushion of rubber or equivalent G is preferably located back of the ear or push-piece G, to relieve the jar as the car comes in against the chain. A similar cushion g is located to relieve the jar as the spring draws the chain back to its initial position.

I prefer also to locate a rubber or other cushion at 2' to sustain the jar as the strap is drawn down.

The track-wire A is preferably, as shown in Fig. 3 at a, carried diagonally through the fitting F so as to avoid the chain, and, extending thence back, constitutes a brace,as shown at a.

(1 represents a fork which projects up from the car and embraces the track-wire, thus effectually preventing the car from leaving the VII'G.

The chain may be made of fiber instead of metal, thus making a lighter structure and largely reducing the friction and wear in the angle-fitting.

I would. have it understood that much of my invention is not limited to a device with a chain-pusher, but is equally applicable whcre any flexible shaft or pusher is employed, and especially where said pusher substantially fills the tube. So, also, it is not absolutely essential that the tube should be slotted, for the propelling force may be exerted directly into the upper tube by a plunger L directly connected with the chain G, and operated by imparted to a shaft L projecting out of the lower end of the tube F as shown in Fig. 7.

That I claim is I 1. In a cash or parcel carrier apparatus, the combination of the line-wire and the car right and horizontal sections, a' flexible carpropelling shaft orpusherlocated therein and substantially filling the tube, means connected with the upper end of said shaft adapted to force the same downward, means connected with its lower end adapted to deliver the j thrust of the shaft to the car, and means for returning the shaft to its initial stantially as described.

2. In a cash or parcel carrier apparatus, the combination of the line-wire and the car position, subadapted to travel thereon, a tube having upright and horizontal sections, a car-propellingchain pusher located therein, means connected with the upper end of the chain adapted to force the same downward, means connected with its lower end adapted to deliver the thrust of the chain to the car, and means for returning the chain to its initial position, substantially as described.

3. In a cash or parcel carrier apparatus, the combination of the line -wire and car adapted to travel thereon, a tube having a vertical and a horizontal section, a flexible shaft or pusher located in said tube and adapted at its lower end to impart a thrust to the car, said pusher engaged at its upper end with an actuating cord or strap located wholly outside of said tube, substantially as described.

4. In a cash or parcel carrier, the combination, with the line-wire, the car, and a tube having an upright and a horizontal section, of a flexible pusher located in said tube and substantially filling the same, an anti-friction roller in the angle formed by said sections, means for forcing said pusher downward and outward against the car, and means for returning the pusher to its initial position, substantially as described.

'5. The combination, in a cash-carrier apparatus, of a slotted tube having an upright section and a horizontal section, a flexible carpropelling-chain pusher located in said tube and substantially filling the same, and an actuating strap or cord engaged with the chain Zor its support at or near its upper end, substantially as described. the actuating-cord H, and the blow may be 6. The combination, with the slotted tube :having an upright and a horizontal section, chain-pusher, actuating-strap, and retractingspring, of the anti-friction roller located'in the angle between the two sections of pipe, sub- ,stantially as and for the purposes described. adapted to travel thereon, a tube having up- 7. The combination, with the slotted tube F F, of the angle-fitting F provided with a wearing-plate and {anti-friction roller, and in connection therewith' a .flexible propellingshaft located in said tube, and means for actuating said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT IV. SOPER. W'itnesses:

W. H. CHAMBERLIN, L. A. DOELTZ. 

